单词 | pressie |
释义 | pressien. colloquial (chiefly British, Irish English, and Australian). A present. Cf. prez. n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] givec888 lakeOE presentc1230 giftc1275 garrison1297 benefit1377 beneficec1380 givinga1382 handsela1393 donativec1430 oblation1433 propine1448 presentationc1460 don1524 sportule1538 premie?1548 first penny1557 donation1577 exhibition1579 donary1582 fairing1584 merced1589 gifture1592 meed1613 recado1615 regalo1622 regale1649 dation1656 compliment1702 dashee1705 dash1788 cadeau1808 bestowment1837 potlatch1844 prez.1919 Harry Freeman's1925 pressie1933 1933 N. Mitford in H. Acton Nancy Mitford (1975) iii. 41 I don't expect we shall be married much before November which gives you plenty of time to save up for a deevy presey. 1937 E. D. Metcalfe Let. 27 Jan. in F. Donaldson Edward VIII (1974) xxv. 312 The rest of the time will be spent shopping (buying presees for Wallis). 1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy xiv. 184 We'll have the pressies first. 1975 Australian 24 Apr. 13 From this day forth no public announcements will be made about the nature of prime ministerial pressies. 1998 P. McCabe Breakfast on Pluto (1999) xxi. 77 The one who always arrives with prezzies and is never done trying to amuse everyone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933 |
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